Gansai Tambi is Kuretake's traditional Japanese pan watercolour range, released in 2006 and celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It draws on more than a century of sumi ink-making expertise, which is why the blotting behaviour feels so different from Western watercolour: the colour dissolves quickly and lifts cleanly.
The 12-colour original set is the core Gansai Tambi palette: a curated selection of vivid traditional Japanese colours, each in a generous 48mm x 28mm pan that is easy to load with a full-size brush.
- 12 original pigment-based pan watercolours
- Large 48mm x 28mm pans suit full-size brushes
- Lightfast when used at working strength
- Equally suited to sumi-e, etegami, illustration, and Western sketching
- Made in Nara, Japan
Gansai Tambi is Kuretake's traditional Japanese pan watercolour range, released in 2006 and celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It draws on more than a century of sumi ink-making expertise, which is why the blotting behaviour feels so different from Western watercolour: the colour dissolves quickly and lifts cleanly.
The 12-colour original set is the core Gansai Tambi palette: a curated selection of vivid traditional Japanese colours, each in a generous 48mm x 28mm pan that is easy to load with a full-size brush.
- 12 original pigment-based pan watercolours
- Large 48mm x 28mm pans suit full-size brushes
- Lightfast when used at working strength
- Equally suited to sumi-e, etegami, illustration, and Western sketching
- Made in Nara, Japan
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